Erica Paletz

CSIA Level IV (Teach), CSIA Level I Course Conductor, ACA Level I, CASI Level II, CADS Certified

Born and raised in Halifax, Erica learned to ski at Martock when she was seven years old. Subsequent winter weekends and holidays were enthusiastically spent in ski school. Inspired by some of her own instructors, she took her CSIA Level I when she turned 15 so she could share her passion for skiing with others.

Since then, she has worked in Banff, Japan, and New Zealand, and has gained 25 seasons of experience working as an instructor and supervisor in ski schools around the world. For most of the last decade, Erica chased winter year-round, living in Banff from October to May and in Queenstown, NZ from May to October. After the world shut down in 2020, Erica returned to Halifax to be closer to family. In 2022, she was selected for the Level IV Academy and passed the Level IV Teaching exam.
 
Outside of skiing, she keeps active with CrossFit, yoga, running, hiking, biking, and snowboarding. She likes to spend her downtime listening to audiobooks while soaking in the bathtub, playing board games, and solving (or attempting to solve) The New York Times crossword puzzles.